This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 239 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 239 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A word's "dictionary definition" rather than its associated emotion or definition. A) Personification. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 2. Which word has a neutral connotation? A) Mansion. B) Residence. C) Shack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Residence. 3. An exaggerated statement A) Diction. B) Understatement. C) Overstatement. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overstatement. 4. A group of lines in a poem or song that constitutes a division (like a paragraph) A) Speaker. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 5. Repetitions of consonant sounds anywhere in the word. A) Allusion. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 6. What is the definition of onomatopoeia in poetry? A) The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe. B) The use of words that rhyme with each other. C) The use of words that have multiple meanings. D) The use of words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe. 7. A humorous 5 line poem. A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Refrain. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 8. An exaggeration. A statement that something has either much more or much less of a quality than it truly has. A) Figurative language. B) Hyperbole. C) Symbolism. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. Read the following text:"The smell of the pine trees deep in the fall forest were likean earthy perfume that you could not imagine! The trickling stream, the smell of fall, and the sounds of a million yellow leaves falling gently on the windmade such a lovely afternoon."What poetic device (element of poetry) is this? A) Imagery. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Line break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 10. A comparison without using like or as A) Smiley. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. What type of end rhyme do we see in Mos Def's "Respiration?"We New York, the narcotic/Strength in metal and fiber optics/Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock tips/ A) Exact Rhyme. B) Half Rhyme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Half Rhyme. 12. The repetition of sounds, particularly at the beginning of the words in a row A) Form. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. A sonnet is a lyric poem that follows strict rules of structure, meter, and rhyme and is known for having how many lines? A) 5 lines. B) 3 lines. C) 14 lines. D) 2 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 lines. 14. Words that end with similar vowell and consonant sounds. "time" and "sublime." A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 15. A comparison between two unlike things, using the words LIKE or AS. A) Limerick. B) Pun. C) Sonnet. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. A type or form in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern A) Open form. B) Closed form. C) Blank verse. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed form. 17. This device is the use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of each word A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. The pattern of beats in a line of poetry is ..... A) Rhythm. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Pace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 19. Two ticklish turtles took twenty tomatoes today. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. The literal, dictionary meaning of a word A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Narrative. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoetry Terms Quiz 1Poetry Terms Quiz 2Poetry Terms Quiz 3Poetry Terms Quiz 4Poetry Terms Quiz 5Poetry Terms Quiz 6Poetry Terms Quiz 7Poetry Terms Quiz 8Poetry Terms Quiz 9Poetry Terms Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books